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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

CSN Giveaway: Acknowledging the Single Parent

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I never intended to use this forum for giveaways. However, CSN Stores selected me as a preferred blogger. It’s nice to be given a title, especially a positive one. Plus, how could I turn down the opportunity to give freebies to you, my beloved readers? I can’t. In this spirit, here’s giveaway post #3.

The winning prize is a $50 gift card, not including shipping or any extras. The winner must reside in the US or Canada. Sorry to those of you in other parts of the world; CSN has yet to branch out into your neighborhood. It’s a huge store, though, with countless sites. Items include everything from adjustable bar stools to kids’ games, health and fitness equipment, shoes, and much more. With millions of products to choose from, stemming from their main site at http://www.csnstores.com/, think about the fun you could have with this on-line shopping spree.

This time around, we’re paying tribute to the single parent. It’s hard enough being single, and I can only imagine the minute-to-minute challenges of parenting. But, to be both single and a parent? Now, that’s beyond impressive. How do they do it all? They are their children's teachers, nurses, doctors, drivers, counselors, mentors, friends, disciplinarians, and so much more. Some of them even have time to blog. I am in awe.

Let’s award one of our single parent friends with a gift of their choosing. Please nominate your favorite single parent, even - and especially - if that is you. This includes any parent (mom/dad, grandparent, aunt/uncle, or etc.) who takes care of their child/ren at least half of the time. They need not be bloggers or followers of Life by Chocolate, though I always accept new members. I just ask that you be a follower (new, old, or young).

With hats off to the single parents of the world, the polls are now open. Feel free to place your nominations below or send to my email. Thank you.

I nominate Momma Fargo (The Boogie Man is my friend), who is a very new single mom as well as an awesome cop and blogger. She could use something to make her smile - the adjustment from married to single mom is a hard one.

I was a single parent for a long time, it was by far the second hardest thing I have ever done. Second only to parenting a child with profound disabilities and making choices that no parent should ever have to make. Divorce is hard, but the options were clear, and as my grandma said, " you make your bed and lie in it" in the end we were all stronger for it. Hats off to the single moms

What a very nice thing to do. Having been a single parent myself once upon a time EVERY single parent out there has my utmost respect. Except maybe for the Hollywood single mom's... what with the nannies and all.. they don't count.

Awww...thanks IT! My current goal in life is to be Camille Grammer and have a bad boob job and 4 nannies for my child. Oh wait, she's a single mom now too. I bet she hires a few more nannies and maybe gets her boobs fixed.

Until then, I guess I'm just going to have to continue being my own nanny. And keep my own boobs. Bummer.